20/12/2024
2024 is on it's way out and I am sure many had a fulfilling and remarkable year or one made with great progress or achievment even in challenging times. We could only be thankful and grateful we're in good health and surrounded by family and or friends!
I came across this somewhat lenghthy poem and thought I'd like to share this cut down version with you as I think it's humorous and quite fitting with today's world!
Please read it with an open mind and enjoy........😁
Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck.....
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves".
And labour conditions at the North Pole
were alleged by the union to stifle the soul.
Four reindeers had vanished, without much propriety,
Released to the wilds by the Humane Society.
And equal employment had made it quite clear
That Santa had better not use just reindeer.
So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid
Were replaced with 4 Pigs, and you know that looked stupid!
And to show you the strangeness of life's ebbs and flows,
Rudolf was suing over unauthorised use of his nose
And had gone on Jeremy Kyle, in front of the nation,
Demanding millions on overdue compensation.
So, half of the reindeer were gone: and his wife,
Who suddenly said she'd enough of this life.
Joined a self help group, packed, and left in a whiz,
Demanding from now on her title was Ms.
And as for the gifts, why, he'd never had a notion
That making a choice could cause so much commotion.
Nothing of leather, nothing of fur,
Which meant nothing for him. And nothing for her.
Nothing that might be construed to pollute
Nothing to aim, nothing to shoot.
Nothing that clamoured or made lots of noise.
Nothing for just girls, or just for the boys.
Nothing that claimed to be gender specific.
Nothing that's warlike or non pacifistic.
No candy or sweets....they were bad for the tooth.
Nothing that seemed to embellish a truth.
And fairy tales, while altered but not yet forbidden,
Were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden.
For they raised the hackles of those psychological
Who claimed the only good gift was one ecological.
So Santa just stood there, dishevelled, perplexed:
He just could not figure out what to do next.
He tried to be merry, tried to be gay,
But you've got to be careful with that word today.
Something special was needed, a gift that he might
Give to all without angering the left or the right.
A gift that would satisfy, with no indecision,
Each group of people, every religion:
Every ethnicity, every hue,
Everyone, everywhere.......even you.
So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth....
May you and your loved ones, enjoy peace on Earth.
Copyright: Author Unknown
CAFE WILL BE CLOSED FROM 23 DECEMBER TO 12 JANUARY 2025.
WE SHALL SEE EVERYONE ON 13 JANUARY 2025!
HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY, MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR !
